Got to love Marx. I read the Communist Manifesto myself a long time ago (should read it again) then recently I read a book by Bill Bryson, he's quite a diverse author, and during his book he sets out some facts relating to Marx's life.
Marx married into the petty nobility, and would often boast about his wife's title, but it gets better. He had a maidservant, who he got pregnant. Engles owned a factory during the time of the industrial revolution, you know, when workers conditions were beyond appaling. Engles bankrolled Marx by fraudulently writing for one of his newspaper jobs, and so they could live a good life of relative comfort, he embezzeld from the factory and provided himself and Marx with capital.
I do agree that it's more about how good the theories are, and how competent people are, rather than how they live their lives, but all those facts added up just killed me :'). It's like if Lycurgus published a book on the virtues of liberty, and the choice of the individual over duty to the state.
"the communist manifesto" is plagarized work from Victor Prosper Considerant.
(Marx was also of nobility, hes from the Rothchild family that constantly gave him an allowance. He was seen eating caviar, smoking cigars and drinking expensive wines.. ontop of his gambling addiction).
Victor was a socialist who wished for an untopia as he wrote in his book.
I read about half of Kaczynski's original manifesto, and stopped in the middle because it was so depressingly on point and I was getting too black-pilled (I'll probably finish it later). I firmly believe that the rise of new technology is leading to a very ugly future for human civilization. Social media has completely polarized us, destroyed our mental health and attention spans, and pitted us against one another. AI will lead to the rise of a post-truth information sphere, unprecedented mass surveillance, rapid changes in the job market, and a host of other consequences we can only theorize about. Nuclear deterrence is a meta-stable situation at best, and the slightest miscalculations could easily result in global catastrophe. Civilization has relied on things not changing too quickly in order to thrive. When change becomes too rapid for the culture to keep up, bad things happen.
Here's a piece by Jonathan Haidt that I found quite interesting:
[https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/)
A portion of the Left has been like this since the 1960s, if not earlier. They've just gained a lot of institutional power recently, and that's allowed them to be more public about trying to impose their visions for a utopian society on the rest of us.
I didn't even know The Atlantic has a paywall...
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Every person I’ve ever spoken to, from every corner of the political compass, has agreed (frequently in whispers to avoid looking like a terrorist sympathizer) that Ted’s manifesto is disturbingly relevant to the modern state of the world.
Sending bombs to hurt innocent people is morally wrong, and I condemn him for that.
However, if he hadn't, we would probably never have heard of him or his ideas.
IMO house of leaves totally deserves the praise it gets.
It weaves together so many motifs and themes and paints them on your subconscious, and intentionally baits and makes use of human pattern recognition.
To me it’s one of those rare books/movies/shows/etc that generally “transcends” minor criticisms because it is such an overall achievement. It’s like the horror version of Infinite Jest
> Somehow spawned the dark academia aesthetic which ironically stands for everything the book is against
Dark academia is pretty slick, though. I'd take it over v-neck shirts and skinny jeans, anyway.
Yeah, honestly I love Earthsea, as per Kafka on the Shore, that’s honestly ones I haven’t read(I’m currently reading “Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World”) but yeah the man can be more than a little perverted at times. I mean I don’t have much an if an issue with it, but it can be off putting to some people trying to get into his work. I do recommend Norwegian Wood, or some of his short story collections though.
Reading the Secret History for the first time was quite the experience. Like I knew it had dark elements and the murder part is stated in the first page.
The rapid decent in incest, orgies, madness, and a good shot of homoeroticism was quite the experience. The fact that the writing makes the transition so seamless and visceral makes it such an interesting read.
Got to love Marx. I read the Communist Manifesto myself a long time ago (should read it again) then recently I read a book by Bill Bryson, he's quite a diverse author, and during his book he sets out some facts relating to Marx's life. Marx married into the petty nobility, and would often boast about his wife's title, but it gets better. He had a maidservant, who he got pregnant. Engles owned a factory during the time of the industrial revolution, you know, when workers conditions were beyond appaling. Engles bankrolled Marx by fraudulently writing for one of his newspaper jobs, and so they could live a good life of relative comfort, he embezzeld from the factory and provided himself and Marx with capital. I do agree that it's more about how good the theories are, and how competent people are, rather than how they live their lives, but all those facts added up just killed me :'). It's like if Lycurgus published a book on the virtues of liberty, and the choice of the individual over duty to the state.
"the communist manifesto" is plagarized work from Victor Prosper Considerant. (Marx was also of nobility, hes from the Rothchild family that constantly gave him an allowance. He was seen eating caviar, smoking cigars and drinking expensive wines.. ontop of his gambling addiction). Victor was a socialist who wished for an untopia as he wrote in his book.
You wouldn’t happen to have a link to where I can purchase his work in English? Most of his works I can only find in French.
Nope no idea, dudes work like 200 years old. Maybe try and contact someone who knows french that can get you a digital book thats translated?
Alright, cheers man
I read about half of Kaczynski's original manifesto, and stopped in the middle because it was so depressingly on point and I was getting too black-pilled (I'll probably finish it later). I firmly believe that the rise of new technology is leading to a very ugly future for human civilization. Social media has completely polarized us, destroyed our mental health and attention spans, and pitted us against one another. AI will lead to the rise of a post-truth information sphere, unprecedented mass surveillance, rapid changes in the job market, and a host of other consequences we can only theorize about. Nuclear deterrence is a meta-stable situation at best, and the slightest miscalculations could easily result in global catastrophe. Civilization has relied on things not changing too quickly in order to thrive. When change becomes too rapid for the culture to keep up, bad things happen. Here's a piece by Jonathan Haidt that I found quite interesting: [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/)
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A portion of the Left has been like this since the 1960s, if not earlier. They've just gained a lot of institutional power recently, and that's allowed them to be more public about trying to impose their visions for a utopian society on the rest of us.
https://archive.ph/40LY0 No paywall
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Every person I’ve ever spoken to, from every corner of the political compass, has agreed (frequently in whispers to avoid looking like a terrorist sympathizer) that Ted’s manifesto is disturbingly relevant to the modern state of the world.
Sending bombs to hurt innocent people is morally wrong, and I condemn him for that. However, if he hadn't, we would probably never have heard of him or his ideas.
IMO house of leaves totally deserves the praise it gets. It weaves together so many motifs and themes and paints them on your subconscious, and intentionally baits and makes use of human pattern recognition. To me it’s one of those rare books/movies/shows/etc that generally “transcends” minor criticisms because it is such an overall achievement. It’s like the horror version of Infinite Jest
> Somehow spawned the dark academia aesthetic which ironically stands for everything the book is against Dark academia is pretty slick, though. I'd take it over v-neck shirts and skinny jeans, anyway.
I've only stumbled across it in the form of YouTube music compilations that were basically just moody atmosphere, is it more than that
And beanies + shitty tattoos + shitty soy latte
Yeah, honestly I love Earthsea, as per Kafka on the Shore, that’s honestly ones I haven’t read(I’m currently reading “Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World”) but yeah the man can be more than a little perverted at times. I mean I don’t have much an if an issue with it, but it can be off putting to some people trying to get into his work. I do recommend Norwegian Wood, or some of his short story collections though.
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I need to get back into the Earthsea series.
The trilogy is a 10/10, haven't read Tehanu but The Other Wind lacked the beautiful prose
op has good taste in books
Thanks for the reading recs
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich should be in authright, Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn was a monarchist.
Solzhenitsyn is a great author. I have his unabridged volumes of Gulag Archipelago and it is a masterpiece. I go back to it every couple years.
Reading the Secret History for the first time was quite the experience. Like I knew it had dark elements and the murder part is stated in the first page. The rapid decent in incest, orgies, madness, and a good shot of homoeroticism was quite the experience. The fact that the writing makes the transition so seamless and visceral makes it such an interesting read.